Good to see so many getting excellent posts in.

However we need to make sure we pay attention to what other people are writing in their respective posts.

Ruwe your post doesn't take into account that my post had Viper and Nazgul meeting up in flight and coordinating any sort of attack. You just kinda rush into it - and whilst it's good dog-fighting action it displaces all that my post had set up.

Things are going to get chaotic out their with so many fighters but we should discuss some kind of structure to how it is going to play out otherwise we'll just have a string of posts of us individually gunning down X-wings willy-nilly.

As Driver as outlined we've got many things to take out and take on:

I suggest that Viper and Nazgul having linked up launch a disrupting run in space against the first wave of New Reps which is made up of X's and A's (since they'd get to the action first)

That would allow for your dog-fight to stay as is Ruwe (you just might want to edit in a section that has Nazgul forming up with Viper)

After we've disrupted the first wave, we'd be split up and in a cluster-fuck so that would give a couple of posts of good dog-fighting.

Hopefully Driver will post his arrival which would cause the New Rep to chance tactics since they've know got something else to target.
As he said, they've got bombers (B's and Y's), let's say they send down into to the atmosphere of Geraps Sule to take out the gas refining platform. At this point we should have some people to volunteer to write about going after them and trying to limit their damage (it is the VE's supplies after all!)

Then at some point they'll send out the big boys and we'll have a wave of E-wings to deal with. That would be the ideal time to deal with casualties and by that time the Nebulon B-frigate would be in range to open up the big guns. Also at this stage we should have people deal with the pretend TIE\in squadron - they might, for example, be registered as friendly on our scanners hence our inability to take them out.

So in summary,

Stage 1: Nazgul and Viper form up and disrupt the first wave of X-wings and A-wings

Stage 2: Dog-fighting with the X-wings and A-wings, entangled mess.

Stage 3: Driver arrives with the Ferrum Umbra and Tiamut and unleashes his salvo of TIE/in, New Republic send their bombers to the gas refineries

Stage 4: Some of us go to take out the Y-wings and B-wings attacking the gas platforms. Atmospheric flight so it won't be a cakewalk

Stage 5: The capital ships' weapons come into range firing into the maw of fighters. To add to this hell, the E-wings are there fucking up our shit. In addition their's a fake-friendly TIE/in squadron running havoc within that ball of mess.

Stage 6: We manage to deter the bombers but it is clear the space battle even with Driver's arrival is being lost. Retreat, retreat, retreat.


Sorry if you think that I'm unjustly taking the bull by the horns but even the lightest framing of what we're going to write about helps our posts be that little bit tighter, that little bit smoother and a hell of lot more epic.

Just my thoughts please feel free to rip them to shreds.

Cali

Glad you think so.

We'll fight to the bitter end but I would stress to everyone the importance of reading other people's post and trying to coordinate your posts whenever possible.

Make that System Drac, Lehon is an entire system after all, so feel free to have the NR forces split up to go elsewhere.

Please remmeber guys, the Ferrum Umbra and the Tiamut arn't in-system yet.

I'm caught up on the reading, I'll probably try and put up a post tomorrow maybe, but maybe not, I have work and a 4 hour CAD class that I'm sure will just be freaking great.

Anywho, I will be posting on this story, I promise

I have a quarter of a post (doesn't effect anything, hasn't even left the ship), and it should be done around eventually. Hopefully by the end of this week.
Just an FYI... in case you cared enough.

Cali is dead on, folks: try to stick to the basic outline she's got there and I think you'll be alright.  With that in mind- don't be afraid or intimidated to post: get in there and put your mark on the story.

I agree with the outline, and see it as a positive step in the right direction. As a n00b, it would kind of be helpful to know who my wingmen actually are, FL.. I think Ruwe is.. correct me if I'm wrong.. But also to know what our Flight's objective is.

I don't want to write about 12 different things at once. Dog fighting, taking out bombers, aid calls, whatever it has to be.

I would prefer a "supportive" role, like answering distress calls or coming into an area that needs an extra gun. So if anyone would like to write me in there, you're welcome to and I would love to write in on that.

So just to outline my point:

1 - What is my flight doing? (maybe helpful to mention my name during the action..FL)
2 - Fill me in on support roles if you do write about me


Because overall I'm a n00b, again, and barely know what I'm doing in the first place. I can write, I just don't want to write about the wrong thing.

Thanks Drac! I'll try to spell your name right from now on, btw. lol

Huh. Well I guess I'll wait till your done before I post...

Kill an NPC? What do you mean, like an NPC from our own wing. Or the NPC's that make up the enemy? (i.e. There are 12 A-wings and I claim 1 to kill, thus 11 A-wings left) ?

Couple of things:

First, Cali thank you so much for the outline. For a newbie, it really helps. Trust me.

Driver, I want to kill an NPC, do I have to tell you which one?

And whoever named this story Smoke and Mirrors so that I can call it S&M, here's to ya!

...that would be me.

/me grins lasciviously

Good dog fightin

"Yay-ha!"

Heehee... poo